Low sulfur bunker fuel use adding to vessel engine failure ...
· According to DNV, that danger isparticularly keen in the use of low sulfur marine distillate fuels whichcombine a lack of lubricity (due to low sulfur) with low viscosity topotentially damage fuel pumps and valves. "This is exactly why we tried to avoid those 1%S blends that werebasically %S marine gasoil with a bit of high sulfur fuel oil in it," atrader for a large shipowner and operator ...